Enclosed experimental ecosystems and scale : tools for understanding and managing coastal ecosystems /

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Imprint:	New York : Springer, c2009.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 221 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Subject:	Coastal ecology -- Research -- Methodology. Biotic communities -- Research -- Methodology. Marine ecosystem management -- Research -- Methodology. Experimental ecology. Biotic communities -- Research -- Methodology. Experimental ecology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8891469

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Other authors / contributors:	Petersen, John E. (John Edmund)
ISBN:	9780387767673 0387767673 9780387767666 (hbk.) 0387767665 (hbk.) 9780387767680 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Enclosed experimental ecosystems and scale. New York : Springer, c2009 9780387767673 0387767673

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Coastal ecosystems, management, and research ; Concepts of scale in ecology ; Mesocosms and scaling patterns ; Mesocosm studies and the effects of scale
Designing experimental ecosystem studies. General principles ; Spatial and temporal scaling ; Physical factors : mixing and flow, materials exchange, light, walls, temperature ; Biogeochemical factors ; Physical and ecological complexity ; Biological factors : aquatic grasses, marshes
Tools for design and analysis of experiments. Statistical considerations ; The world is variable ; Dimensional analysis ; Modeling tools
Management applications. Nutrient enrichment and aquatic grass restoration ; Tidal marshes, nutrient filtration, and rising sea level ; Nitrogen and phytoplankton blooms ; Biofiltration, water quality, and sediment processes ; Food webs, trophic efficiency, and nutrient enrichment ; Toxicity and bioaccumulation in benthic organisms.

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